As the Earth's mantle slowly ... including New England, the land beneath New York City, situated just beyond the ice sheet's edge, is subsiding. While the sinking phenomenon is relatively well ...

and Earth Science. The study, released on Friday, noted that about half of the buildings experiencing subsidence - the gradual sinking of an area of land - are less than a decade old, with most of ...

Groundwater pumping has been causing the land to sink at a record pace in California's San Joaquin Valley. New research suggests ways of addressing the problem.